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 KarenAK rated 21 months ago -
Sam Harris makes so much sense, that it is pure delight to read his stuff. I am in the middle of his book "Letter to a Christian Nation" and must say that I did learn a lot about Christianity and the Bible.
Having grown up in a non-religious family, meaning that neither one way or t...
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- chancemoney rated 9 months ago
- (from site) When scientists don't know something -- like why the universe came into being or how the first self-replicating molecules formed -- they admit it. Pretending to know things one doesn't know is a profound liability in science. And yet it is the life-blood of faith-based religion. One of the monumental ironies of religious discourse can be found in the frequency with which people of faith praise themselves for their humility, while claiming to know facts about cosmology, chemistry and biology that no scientist knows. When considering questions about the nature of the cosmos and our place within it, atheists tend to draw their opinions from science. This isn't arrogance; it is intellectual honesty.
- catfud79 rated 10 months ago
- I wish more Atheists I've met would read this. Sad, isn't it?
- firebrandglass rated 10 months ago
- This article looks well written and sane. However, if I run across anymore atheist propaganda on stumble I'm going to start believing in God just to piss you all off. Just like Christians, you all are preaching to the choir, and not convincing anyone to change their beliefs. So, your great efforts of logic and reason would be better served serving soup to the homeless... but wait, no, the Christians already got that covered. Never mind.
- SeekExcellence rated 13 months ago
- From the page:
"The problem with fascism and communism, however, is not that they are too critical of religion; the problem is that they are too much like religions. Such regimes are dogmatic to the core and generally give rise to personality cults that are indistinguishable from cults of religious hero worship. Auschwitz, the gulag and the killing fields were not examples of what happens when human beings reject religious dogma; they are examples of political, racial and nationalistic dogma run amok. There is no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too reasonable."
An excellent read.
- RonReagan rated 10 months ago
- Sam Harris
- jesusofdenver rated 10 months ago
- The difference between religion and science is that science is willing to admit that it's wrong.
- mxe806j02 rated 10 months ago
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A brilliant author, rolling back the tide of religious ignorance and bigotry
- mikem-uc2 rated 16 months ago
- Love myth #10.
- voyvasva rated 15 months ago
- "When scientists don't know something -- like why the universe came into being or how the first self-replicating molecules formed -- they admit it. Pretending to know things one doesn't know is a profound liability in science. And yet it is the life-blood of faith-based religion. One of the monumental ironies of religious discourse can be found in the frequency with which people of faith praise themselves for their humility, while claiming to know facts about cosmology, chemistry and biology that no scientist knows. When considering questions about the nature of the cosmos and our place within it, atheists tend to draw their opinions from science. This isn't arrogance; it is intellectual honesty."
Sam Harris
Witty, informative, well-reasoned... highly recommended...
- Foggy1 rated 15 months ago
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SAM HARRIS is a neuroscience researcher and author of The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, and Letter to a Christian Nation.
Sam Harris's Edge Bio Page
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